Sangeeta Bansal Ph.D, a researcher and writer, is also the founder of a non-profit called Mindside, which aims to make the benefits of mindfulness meditation
“Being in the moment” has become a cliché since Zen was introduced to the West in the 1950s and 1960s. It has a wide spectrum
‘The benefits of meditation are two-fold,’ says Ajahn Brahmali, a Buddhist monk of over 11 years standing, a resident of the Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery in Western Australia. ‘The
If you ever visit a Buddhist monastery, the chances are you will come across some of the happiest people you have ever met. Monks and
One of the more irksome things about contemporary living is the constant, gleeful denigration of the individual state of solitude. Instead of being praised as
In some of my past articles, I outlined some ways in which those of us who have a phobia of death may begin to contemplate
The Catholic monk and supporter of Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Merton, once wrote about the mass American media: “When I did happen to pass in
A few weeks ago, a fellow classmate concluded that if everything is empty, then words themselves are empty; so why even talk about it? This
The chief purpose of the Buddha’s Teaching is to help worldly people lead a better, meaningful, happy and blissful life. It is, of course, one
For those who have experienced meditation I think we might all be able to relate with the following situation. We are sitting in a meditation
The holiday season always enjoys an air of quietude or tranquillity about it. I think it is culturally and socially created. If Christmas decorations can
